András Kovács,^* Ubbo C. C. Mammen,^** Chris V. Wernham<sup>***


*</sup>András Kovács is a qualified ecologist, András has taken an active part in the monitoring and conservation of threatened eagles, falcons, and owls in Hungary for more than 20 years. He prepared his MSc thesis on the population ecology and the relationship between habitat quality and breeding success of the eastern imperial eagle Aquila heliaca. He has worked for MME BirdLife Hungary since 2000 and took a full-time part in a monitoring, conservation, and research project for the eastern imperial eagle between 2002 and 2005. He was lead author and editor of the “Eastern Imperial Eagle Management Guidelines” for Hungary published in 2005. He is one of the leading people involved in the International Imperial Eagle Working Group, working together with other BirdLife Partners and nature conservation organizations in this field. His address: MME/BirdLife Hungary, Imperial Eagle Working Group, 1121 Budapest, Költö u.21., Hungary. kovacs.andras@mme.hu
^**Ubbo Mammen has been the coordinator of the MEROS program since 1993. After previous positions at the University in Halle and in a nature conservation authority, he worked for the Bavarian Society for Bird Protection on a Corncrake program. Since 2005, he has been a member of the board of the German Bird Conservation Council (DRV) and the editor of the journal “Berichte zum Vogelschutz.” Currently he works at the University of Trier involved on the German Wildlife Information System. His address: Monitoring of European Raptors and Owls, Schülershof 12, D-06108 Halle/Saale), Germany. uk.mammen@t-online.de
^***Chris Wernham has a background in population ecology and was formally senior population biologist for ringing-based research at British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and lead editor of The Migration Atlas: Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland; during that time she worked closely with colleagues from EURING (the European Union for Bird Ringing) on a number of collaborative projects. She took the role of senior research ecologist and head of BTO (Scotland) in 2002. Her current remit involves developing the BTO's monitoring of Scottish birds, and related research, both in terms of the design and support of scientific programmes and the continued recruitment and training of volunteer surveyors. She is BTO's principal representative on the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme and the Research Group of Scotland's Moorland Forum. Her address: British Trust for Ornithology Scotland, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Cottrell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK. chris.wernham@bto.org